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  1. Seriously? on Comcast Shoots For New Image, Rebranding As Xfinity · · Score: 5, Insightful

    “I think the public is smarter than that now,’’

    Everyone knows this isn't true. Why do you think Comcast still has customers?

  2. Re:Relativism on RHIC Finds Symmetry Transformations In Quark Soup · · Score: 1

    That can never happen. Heat refers to basically motion. If there is a lot of motion (i.e. energy/heat), then it is obviously hotter. A particle can "not move" only so much, and there can't be conditions in which a particle cannot exist, yet still be in motion.

  3. Old news on RHIC Finds Symmetry Transformations In Quark Soup · · Score: 3, Funny

    Einstein already suggested something like this, however he never did any research since the soup wasn't kosher.

  4. Re:Delicious on RHIC Finds Symmetry Transformations In Quark Soup · · Score: 3, Funny

    4 trillion Celsius refers to the collisions, not the temperature of the collider. At that small scale, it's not exactly "hot". Now if it were 4,000,000,000,273 Kelvin, then THAT would be hot.

  5. Re:Seems fitting on Was This the First Denial of Service Attack? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Surprised? How long have you been a /. member for? I've been a member for just a year and I already feel emasculated by all the kids who improve upon a technology before they stop wetting their beds.

  6. Windows? on Where Microsoft's Profits Come From · · Score: 1

    What is this "Windows" label on the region of the graph where "white collar crime" is supposed to go?

  7. Re:fuck off, Google on Is Google Planning To Fibre Britain? · · Score: 1

    Well, I'm pretty sure this would all make a lot more sense to you if you read Google's "About Google" page. Did you know that they were previously named Skynet, and that their collective servers are referred to as HAL?

  8. Re:Anyone else on Supermodel Signs Petition To Save Porn Browsing Man's Job · · Score: 3, Insightful

    True, the employer is embarrassed, and therefore mad. But won't more people be watching that news show, in case another incident occurs, which means more eyeballs on commercials. Therefore more money to the employer.

    It may be embarrassing but possibly beneficial to the broadcast in general.

    Which is probably why they're making such a big deal about this.

  9. Re:Standards of what is a cavity on Plasma Jets Could Replace Dental Drills · · Score: 1

    My experience was basically almost exactly like this, except neither dentist used X-Rays; just the probe. I still don't have any cavities, and it's been four years since that dentist said I had a cavity. Thanks for backing me up alcourt :)

  10. Re:right... on Plasma Jets Could Replace Dental Drills · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Dentists in the US sometimes lie for money. I remember when I went to one in Florida, and he said he had "found" a cavity and wanted to charge a ridiculous amount to fill it. Not even a week later, a relative of mine in New York checked my teeth (yes, she was a dentist) and said I didn't have any cavities.

  11. Re:Decline of the Prize on Internet Nominated For 2010 Nobel Peace Prize · · Score: 1

    I'm fairly certain that Theodore Roosevelt killed it way before that. That guy was more of a war activist than a politician.

  12. Re:Why ? on IBM Patenting Airport Profiling Technology · · Score: 1

    Gosh darnit, you're right! All a terrorist would have to do is groom himself, wear deodorant, take some muscle relaxants, and inject the guy in front of them with a shot of testosterone to avoid all suspicion!

  13. Re:Works For Me on Teacher Sells Ads On Tests · · Score: 1

    We could make even more money if we put the tests on e-paper and allowed for pop-ups.

    But seriously, politicians always seem to be looking for excuses to cut spending in education. We don't want to introduce an inefficient method of raising revenue ($10-$30 an exam?) just to have them cut spending even further. If this happened, school uniforms would end up looking like NASCAR racing suits just to pay for the janitors.